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Sixteen more people have died in Indiana from coronavirus-related illnesses, raising the state's virus death toll to 65 as its confirmed cases surged by more than 400, state health officials said Wednesday.

Soldiers from the Indiana Army National Guard began working at the Miami Correctional Facility during the second week of August, said prison spokesman James Frye.

Palmer Trucks will use the former Celadon Groups 140,000 square foot facility in Indianapolis after Celadon filed for bankruptcy and closed last December.

Indiana ranks in the bottom half of all 50 states for child well-being. That’s according to the Annie E. Casey Foundation’s national Kids Count Data Book, unveiled Monday.

The state's new coronavirus cases and hospitalizations for COVID-19 rebounded this month to levels last seen in May, as the delta variant continues spreading throughout the country, particularly in places with low vaccination rates, such as Indiana.

Indiana’s changes to state Medicaid programs will leave an estimated 100,000 without coverage, according to a new report from Hoosier Action. A new analysis suggests recent legislation will reduce the state’s Medicaid enrollees beyond federal restrictions.

Some Indiana lawmakers want to expand pre-K access to all children throughout the state. Early learning experts say while that would benefit Hoosier students, Indiana still has a long way to go.

The number of Indiana students learning English grew by more than 50 percent in the past five years. A new initiative offers free training for educators to learn how to teach these students.

Just three days after a judge heard arguments in a lawsuit challenging Indiana's near-total abortion ban, she ruled that the law likely violates the Indiana Constitution.

The funding comes from the roughly $50 billion in water and sewer funding in the recent bipartisan infrastructure law.